Updated Windows Build Tools Now Available

 

Those of you who regularly build their own MAME binaries on Windows will want to head over to the Development Tools page and follow the directions there to grab the latest set of tools. This set of tools contains the latest officially released mingw toolset, along with a set of patched files that fixes the problems they have been having under Vista. This means that you can now build MAME on a Vista machine just like on any other machine — no more hacks required (in fact, if you have the existing workarounds enabled, you need to remove them; in particular the GCC_EXEC_PREFIX environment variable should be eliminated).

 

A side effect of this upgrade is that the official base compiler for the Windows builds is now gcc 3.4.5 instead of 3.4.2. This isn’t a big change, but it is worth noting. Hopefully the mingw folks will eventually get around to releasing a 4.x build of gcc sometime in the not-too-distant future, but I’m not holding my breath. A toolchain that supports 64-bit compilation under Windows would also be nice, but let’s not get carried away here.

 

Finally, the pre-packaged toolset now contains the SDL headers and libraries, so you can build SDLMAME for Windows out of the box.

Source

Commodore 64 emulator

18 June 2007 v1.0.4.23

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1) Bug fix to the TAP version 2 reader. The "Giana Sisters" tape file now plays.

 

2) Adjusted TOD clock to allow the possibility of a TOD Alarm IRQ occurring immediately on

a write to the TOD clock. The game "Hammer Fist" now plays.

 

7 June 2007 v1.0.4.22

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1) Minor VIC fixes.

 

4 June 2007 v1.0.4.21

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1) Fixed bug introduced in the previous version to the D64/G64/New disk insertion that

loads tracks into both the whole track and halftrack position.

 

2) 1541 ROM changed to a 1541C revision 2 to cure a half track miss-alignment issue that

prevents the correct saving to an inserted floppy following an attempted save with no

floppy inserted.

 

4 June 2007 v1.0.4.20

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1) Numerous 1541 emulation fixes. The demo Intoxication by Singular and game Starflight

now work.

 

2) Fixes to the VIC border unit and background colours. The demos LCP_memories and Skaaneland

by Fairlight now display correctly.

Changelog / Download

That's right, the compression of the backgrounds has been (mostly) figured out.

Check here for more Screenshots/News

WIP

Amstrad CPC emulator

Nearly one month behind schedule, CPCE 1.81 fixes many bugs and introduces joystick mapping customization, FDC timeout emulation, floppy disc side flipping and more.

 

- 16.06.2007 (v1.81) :

 

* Hexagon protection supported through FDC timeout emulation, and double-sided discs can be flipped.

* Alt+F9 shows activity leds (tape, floppy disc, hard disc).

* REDEFINE.COM customizes the keys mapping the CPC joystick, and ESC can now be mapped to the key above TAB for easier use.

* Screenshots are saved as BMP files instead of PCX ones.

 

Bugfixes:

 

* damaged Symbiface 2 HD gaps, long filename autorun crash, and more.

>> Get it HERE.